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Garrard County, Kentucky Deeds 1787-1902; indexes, 1899-1960 Vol. C 1793-1796 Family Search DGS 183284 Film 008141322 Book C page 554 - image 291 This Indenture made this 6th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five Between Charles Bland of the County of Madison and State of Kentucky of the one part and Fethergill Adams of the state and County aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that for an inconsideration of the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds current money of the aforesaid state to him in hand paid by the said Fethergill Adams, the receipt whereof the said Charles Bland do hereby acknowledges and himself therewith fully satisfied and contented hath granted bargained sold aliened and confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain sell alien and confirm unto the said Feathergill Adams one certain tract or parcell of land containing one hundreds and twenty six acres situate lying and being in the County of Madison and on th...

Have you tested your DNA? If so, have you been able to break through a brick wall using your DNA results? My main purpose for testing my DNA was to learn more about my Crawford ancestry. Since I already have identified my 4th great grandfather on my Crawford line, I was hoping to identify his siblings and parents via DNA. So far, my results have not helped me get thru that brick wall. However, there is one DNA test that has puzzled me for quite some time. This is the sole test that shows up when I search my matches for ancestors born in Garrard County, Kentucky: i****** . I share 23 cM across 2 segments with i****** and one of my brothers shares 24 cM across 2 segments with i****** . When I looked at shared matches with i****** , I found two other matches that appear to have the same common ancestors: Isaac Crawford and Nancy Miller. In looking at matches shared with these two other matches, I discovered a fourth match who descends from a different Garrard County family. ...

Do you ever feel like you are going in circles when it comes to records? That's how I'm feeling with my research of Isaac Crawford whom I believe to be the son of James and Rebecca (Anderson) Crawford. I recently found an obituary for George Whitley Crawford who died in 1889 in Gentry County, Missouri. According to the obituary in the 20 Sept 1889 issue of the Albany Ledger of Albany Missouri, George was born in Bartholomew County, Indiana. The biography of George W. Crawford, found on page 421 of The History of Gentry and Worth Counties, Missouri (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Co., 1882), provides some more information about George's early life. Mr. Crawford  the son of Isaac and Nancy (Miller) Crawford, both Kentuckians by birth. During his infancy his parents died, and he was reared by his grand parents. At the age of two years he was taken to Garrard County, Ken- tucky, where he remained until ten years of age. In 1833, he moved to Clay County, M...

1. Anne Crawford was the child of James Crawford and Rebecca Anderson. 1 She was born about 1780. She was also known as Anne Creath.

(Report created from RootsMagic using the Narrative Report feature) 1. James Crawford was born in 1758 in Augusta, Commonweath of Virginia. 1 – 5      According to biographies, he served in the military for 3 months under Capt. Wm Colbert and Col. Patrick Lockhart and 3 months under Capt. Alex Henley and Col. Morgan between 1776 and 1780. 1 , 6 – 7 He served in the military in 1778 in Botetourt (historical), Botetourt, Virginia, United States. 2 – 4 , 8 James served in the military for 3 mos. under Capt. Alex Henley and Col. Morgan. 4      He witnessed the will of John Crawford on 7 Apr 1779 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States. 9 – 12 He was the parent of Anne Crawford born in 1780. 13      James filed land entry papers   in Jun 1782 in Madison, Virginia, United States. 14      He was the parent of William Crawford born in May 1784. 13          ...

Have you ever just stumbled across something that others may seem minor when it provides major clues. That's what happened yesterday when I did a simple Google search for 'Isaac Crawford Nancy Miller'. That search led to a biography of George W. Crawford of Gentry County, Missouri in the book, The History of Gentry and Worth Counties, Missouri on page 421. George W. Crawford

Do you have a brick wall? Does that brick wall involve identifying the father of an ancestor? At some point, many of us face such a brick wall. One of my brick walls involves my ancestor, James Crawford. My James Crawford married Sally Duggins in 1799 in Garrard County, Kentucky. All of my research efforts have not punched a hole in this brick wall. Thus, I'm using the FAN (friends acquaintances, and neighbors) club method to branch out and try to find a way around this brick wall. I'm currently researching all of the Crawford families in the area of Garrard County, Kentucky during its early days of settlement. One of those families is James Crawford and his wife Rebecca Anderson. My current theory is that this James Crawford might be an uncle to my ancestor. Thus, I'm hoping that by researching James and Rebecca and their children, I might find something relating to my James Crawford. Unfortunately, identifying the children of James and Rebecca is proving to be diffic...

As part of my CRAWFORD research, I'm trying to determine whether the Isaac Crawford of Jefferson County, Indiana is the same Isaac Crawford who married Nancy Miller in Garrard County, Kentucky. Thus, I'm trying to locate information on potential children. One of those potential children is Elizabeth Crawford who married Aristippus Brown in Clinton County, Missouri. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble locating much information on Aristippus Brown. What I've been able to locate is a marriage record, land records and mentions in county histories. Aristippus Brown was married to Elizabeth Crawford in Clinton County, Missouri on 3 August 1836. According to the History of Davies and Gentry Counties, MIssouri, Aristippus Brown was from Kentucky and lived near Genntryville in 1839. The history indicates that Aristippus Brown moved to California. In May of 1840, Aristippus Brown and Elizabeth Brown his wife, sold land in Garrard County, Kentucky. This deed identifies Eliza...

I'm trying to figure out whether the Isaac Crawford and wife Nancy of Jefferson County, Indiana are the Isaac Crawford who married Nancy Miller in Garrard County, Kentucky. Thus, I'm tracking the transfer of land by heirs of Jacob Miller, Nancy Miller's father. In May 1840, James and John Crawford were identified as sons of Isaac Crawford when they sold their 1/6th of 1/11th of Jacob Miller's land to William Duff. Going back through the deeds, I have identified three other deeds where protions of Jacob Miller's land was sold to William Duff. Two of those deeds also involve heirs of Isaac Crawford. Aristippus Brown to William Duff -- 2 May 1840 Garrard County Kentucky Land and Property Deeds, Vols. N-O 1838-1843 FamilySearch Film 183247 DGS 8568105 Book N Page 396 No. 1381 Aristippus Brown [sc] to William W Duff

Garrard County Kentucky Index to deeds, 1797-1935; deeds, 1797-1866; births, 1789-1801 Deeds, Vols. N-O 1838-1843 FS Film 183247 DGS 8568105 Book N page 406 No 1387 James & John Crawford to Wm W Duff

Is something causing Ancestry's hinting system to merge people of the same name? I'm in the process of trying to disprove several Crawford men as the father of my James Crawford of Preble County, Ohio. Today, I'm trying to work on Rev. James Crawford (1752/3 to 1803) of Fayette County, Kentucky. I've found James Crawford [LZN5-SCD] in some of the Fayette County, KY records on Family Search. However, I have yet to find anything that would link James to his children. Thus, I decided to see if the Ancestry tree hints would help. I've had Rev. James Crawford along with several other Crawford families from early Kentucky in my tree for quite some time. Thus, I expected to find legitimate hints. Instead, I found a lot of hints for other James Crawfords, whom I also have in my tree. At first, I just assumed that other researchers had confused some of these Crawford families in their trees. However, when I looked at the hints for Ancestor Member trees, I realized t...

Have you ever looked at a court document trying to figure out who all of the people are and suddenly realize you may have stumbled across something totally different? Well, that was my situation yesterday. I found additional documentation for the 1779 will of John Crawford in Montgomery County, Virginia (Order Book 2, image 292), At a court c/ and held for Montgomery County April 7th 1779 Last will and testament of John Crawford deceased proven by oath of George [D]ouglas James Crawford and Bazewell Maxwell and ordered to be recorded

Garrard County Kentucky Deed Book A page 690 - 691 This Indenture made this 21st day of January 1803 between Richard Cave & Elizabeth his wife of the county of Woodford and Common wealth of Kentucky of the one part and Feathergill Adams of the county of Garrard and State aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that the said Richard Cave and Eliza beth his wife for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds current money of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to them in hand paid by the said Feather Gill Adams, the receipt where of they do hereby acknowledge and they themselfes fully satisfyed an content therewith and for themselves and their heirs de freely clearly and absolutely bargain and sell unto the aforesaid Feathergill Adams and unto his heirs and assigns forever, one certain tract dividend or parcel of land containing by

Have you used city directories to help locate a person between census years? Although I'm not finding as much detail in tax lists, I am finding that they help track migration in the early 1800s. I've been doing FAN club research in early Kentucky. So far, I've been concentrating on the area that became Garrard County. Because of changing county boundaries, I've searched tax lists for Madison, Garrard and Lincoln counties. Tax Man Cometh - Madison County, KY 1787-1796 Garrard County Tax - 1797-1806 Lincoln County Taxes   Since I've identified the Crawford land holdings during this time period. I'm now searching the Garrard County tax lists from 1807 to 1824 to identify the time period when the various families moved away. Families that could potentially be in Garrard County between 1807 and 1824 Rebekah Crawford - owned land between Sugar Creek and Boone's Mill Creek James Crawford, husband of Martha Knight and likely son of Rebekah Crawford...

What's your 'go-to' record type to try and identify people? For me, that resource is land records. I've recently been using land records to figure out the various Crawford families in the Garrard County, Kentucky area prior to 1820. One of those families is the widow, Mary Crawford who appears on the tax records for Madison County, Kentucky as early as 1787. In 1793, a Mary Crawford married an Alexander Moore in Garrard County, Kentucky. I was able to use land records to show that the Mary Crawford who married Alexander Moore is the same Mary Crawford who purchased land from Richard Cave . Now, I'm trying to track Alexander Moore in hopes of learning more about Mary Crawford. There are two deeds for the sale of land in 1811 that indicate that Alexander Moore was from Fleming County, Kentucky.

Have you ever found you have attributed a record to the wrong person? Unfortunately, with same name research that can happen too easily. As I was transcribing deeds that I thought were for James and Rebecca (Anderson) Crawford of Garrard County, Kentucky, I began to question whether these deeds were for this James and Rebecca (Anderson) Crawford. There were some clues in the deeds that should have led me to a different James Crawford. The first clue was the signatures. Rebecca's name was above James'.

Have you ever tried to figure out who is who in a community when there are multiple people of the same name? Well, that's where I am with the Garrard County tax records from 1797-1806. I have four Crawford families that potentially live in Garrard County during that time period. James Crawford husband of Rebecca Anderson who purchased land from Thomas Kennedy. James ' sons were Isaac (?-?), William (1784-1864) and James (1790-1856) William Crawford who claimed to have purchased land from J Kennedy. His sons would not have been old enough to be listed on the tax lists while William Crawford was living in Garrard County.  James Crawford who married Martha Knight in 1793 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. James is thought to be the son of Rebecca Crawford . Rebecca purchased land from George Douglas. James Crawford who married Sally Duggins in 1799 in Garrard County, Kentucky. James is thought to be the son of Mary Crawford who married Alexander Moore.

Have you ever tripped over a county line? I mean, have you ever not considered a family in the neighboring county just because they are in the neighboring county? Well, I have -- for over thirty years. As I've written about before, I have two James Crawford families living in Preble County, Ohio. One is my ancestor and one is his neighbor. James Crawford of Preble County, Ohio My ancestor was married in Garrard County, Kentucky in 1799, while the other James was married in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1793. For all these years, I've thought that the records for Lincoln County, Kentucky were in relation to the 'other' James while the records in Garrard and Madison counties were for my James.

Last week, I watched the " Watch Geoff Live: DNA " webinar on Legacy Family TreeWebinars. While watching, I followed along by looking at my autosomal DNA results on Ancestry. I had my DNA tested last summer and had studied some of the results but hadn't found the help with 'brick walls' that I had hoped for. One of the brick walls I've been working on is my James Crawford line. My James Crawford died in Preble County Ohio in 1854. He married Sally Duggins in Garrard County Kentucky in 1799. Sally had previously been married to Alexander Duggins by whom she had two sons: William and Henry. Henry Duggins was married to Jane Sellers, daughter of Nathan Sellers. Nathan A. Sellers was a neighbor of my James Crawford and died in Preble County Ohio in 1824. In early Preble County Ohio, there was a second James Crawford who owned land adjoining my James Crawford. This James Crawford married Martha Knight in 1793 in Lincoln County Kentucky. It is believed that two of...